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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
FAIS Journal of Humanities
FAIS Journal of Humanities
Author: Nigerian Cities
Author: Toyin FalolaPublisher: Africa World Press
ISBN: 9781592211692
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The growth of Nigeria's urban population has been,phenomenal, with Lagos being one of the fastest,growing cities in the world. Rapid growth also,brings problems, notably the shortage of social,amenities, crime and violence. Drawing on specific,examples from Lagos, Abeokuta and Kano, among,others, the book examines various issues on the,management of modern Nigerian cities. The original,analysis on the movement of people and goodsimproving sanitisation and minimising ethnic,tension in Nigerian cities over the last century,will engage scholars, experts and policy makers.
The Humanities and the Dynamics of African Culture in the 21st Century
Author: John Ayotunde Isola BewajiPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443893552
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
That Africa is at a crossroads in an increasingly globalised world is indisputable. Equally unassailable is the fact that the humanities, as a broad field of intellection, research and learning in Africa, appears to have been pigeonholed in debates of relevance in the development aspirations of many African nations. Historical experiences and contemporary research outputs indicate, however, that the humanities, in its various shades, is critical to Africa’s capacity to respond effectively to such problems as security, corruption, political ineptitude, poverty, superstition, and HIV/AIDS, among many other mounting challenges which confront the people of Africa. The vibrancy and resilience of Africa’s cultures, against these and other odds of globalisation episodes in the course of our history, demand the focused attention of academia to exploit their relevance to contemporary issues. This collection provides a comprehensive overview of issues in the humanities at the turn of the 21st century, which create a veritable platform for the global redefinition and understanding of Africa’s rich cultures and traditions. Such areas covered include ruminations in metaphysics and psychology, pathos and ethos, cinematic and literary connections, and historical conceptualisations.
The Rackham Journal of the Arts and Humanities
Author: Turning Points in African Democracy
Author: Abdul Raufu MustaphaPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847013163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. Radical changes have taken place in Africa since 1990. What are the realities of these changes? What significant differences have emerged between African countries? What is the future for democracy in the continent? The editors have chosen eleven key countries to provide enlightening comparisons and contrasts to stimulate discussion among students. They have brought together a team of scholars who are actively working in the changing Africa of today.Each chapter is structured around a framing event which defines the experience of democratisation. The editors have provided an overview of the turning points in African politics. They engage with debates on how to study andevaluate democracy in Africa, such as the limits of elections. They identify four major themes with which to examine similarities and divergences as well as to explain change and continuity in what happened in the past. Abdul Raufu Mustapha is University Lecturer in African Politics at Queen Elizabeth House and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; Lindsay Whitfield is a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute of International Studies, Copenhagen.
Humanities Review Journal
Author: Textile Ascendancies
Author: Elisha RennePublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472126636
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Until this century, Northern Nigeria was a major center of textile production and trade. Textile Ascendancies: Aesthetics, Production, and Trade in Northern Nigeria examines this dramatic change in textile aesthetics, technologies, and social values in order to explain the extraordinary shift in textile demand, production, and trade. Textile Ascendancies provides information for the study of the demise of textile manufacturing outside Nigeria. The book also suggests the conundrum considered by George Orwell concerning the benefits and disadvantages of “mechanical progress,” and digital progress, for human existence. While textile mill workers in northern Nigeria were proud to participate in the mechanization of weaving, the “tendency for the mechanization of the world” represented by more efficient looms and printing equipment in China has contributed to the closing of Nigerian mills and unemployment. Textile Ascendancies will appeal toanthropologists for its analyses of social identity as well as how the ethnic identity of consumers influences continued handwoven textile production. The consideration of aesthetics and fashionable dress will appeal to specialists in textiles and clothing. It will be useful to economic historians for the comparative analysis of textile manufacturing decline in the 21st century. It will also be of interest to those thinking about global futures, about digitalization, and how new ways of making cloth and clothing may provide both employment and environmentally sound production practices.
Black African Literature in English, 1997-1999
Author: Bernth LindforsPublisher: James Currey Publishers
ISBN: 9780852555750
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This volume lists the work produced on anglophone black African literature between 1997 and 1999. This bibliographic work is a continuation of the highly acclaimed earlier volumes compiled by Bernth Lindfors. Containing about 10,000 entries, some of which are annotated to identify the authors discussed, it covers books, periodical articles, papers in edited collections and selective coverage of other relevant sources.
Language, Literature and Culture in a Multilingual Society
Author: Ozo-mekuri NdimelePublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9785431193
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1129
Book Description
The papers here were selected from presentations made at the 24th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) which held at Bayero University Kano. The book contains seventy-seven (77) papers addressing various issues in linguistics, literature and cultures in Nigeria. The book is organized into four sections, as follows: Section One Language and Society; Section Two Applied Linguistics; Section Three Literature, Culture, Stylistics and Gender Studies and Section Four Formal Linguistics.